HE DID IT FOR ME God is on one side and all the people on the other side, and Christ Jesus, himself man, is between them to bring them together, by giving His life for all mankind. I Timothy 2:5-6 TLB
Long ago, even before he made the world, God chose us to be his very own, through what Christ would do for us; He decided then to make us holy in His eyes without a single fault, we who stand before Him, covered with His love. His unchanging plan has always been to adopt us into His own family by sending Jesus Christ to die for us. And He did this because He wanted to! Ephesians 1:4-5 TLB
No one is good- no one in all the world is innocent. Yes, all have sinned and fall short of God’s glorious ideal; yet now God declares us “not guilty” of offending Him And since by His blood He did all this for us sinners, how much more will He do for us now that He has declared us not guilty? Now He will save us from all of God’s wrath to come. if we trust in Jesus Christ, who, in His kindness, freely takes away our sins Romans 3:10, 23 TLB
But God showed His great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. For God loved the world so much that He gave His only Son so that anyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. Romans 5:8 John 3:16 TLB
For if you tell others with your own mouth that Jesus Christ is your Lord, and believe in your own heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9-10 TLB
Why I Painted He Did It For Me - APPENDIX I. (3)
I will come back and take you to be with me. John 14:3 NIV
II
RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL A certain man had two sons. The younger of them said to his father, “Father, give me the portion of goods that falls To me.” So he divided to them his livelihood. Not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far country, and there wasted his possessions with prodigal living. But when he had spent all, there arose a severe famine in that land, and he began to be in want. But when he came to himself, he said, “How many of my father’s hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.’” And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him, had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed Him. And the son said to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, & am no longer worthy to be called your son.” But the father said to his servants, “Bring out the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet, and bring the fatted calf here and kill it. Let us eat & be merry; for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.” And they began to be merry. Luke 15:11-14, 16-24 NKJV
For The Older Son story - Appendix: VII (11)
A story of forgiveness and restoration.
GOING HOME Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, nor sworn deceitfully. Psalm 24:3-4 NKJV
You will show me the path of life. In Your presence is fullness of joy. At Your right hand are pleasures forever more. Psalm 16:11 NKJV
For the Son of man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he shall reward each according to his works. Matthew 16:27 NKJV
And they heard loud voice behind them saying to them, “Come up here.” and they ascended to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies saw them. Revelation 11:12 NKJV
Then it shall come to pass as it is written: Death is swallowed up in victory. Thanks be to God who gives us the victory through Jesus Christ our Lord. II Corinthians 4:54, 57 NKJV
Those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness like the stars forever and ever. Daniel 12:3 NKJV
Lord, anoint these, Your words. May each person who reads them and views these images say “yes” to Your invitation to come into Your kingdom, and thereby be welcomed into Your loving arms forever! (27)
“They shall be mine,.. in that day when I make up my jewels”